Marquette’s ferocious second half comeback wasn’t enough to land the Golden Eagles their first win over a No. 1 ranked opponent, as Notre Dame attackman Matt Kavanagh scored 30 seconds into overtime to give the Fighting Irish an 8-7 victory.
Kavanagh was able to beat B.J. Grill around the outside from X, getting his hands free just long enough to fire a shot into the top of the net.
“The game went the way we would have hoped, except for the score,” Marquette head coach Joe Amplo said. “We knew it had to be a tight game, that it had to be a 7-6 or 8-7 game.